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John Eastabrooke

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John Eastabrooke

Birth
Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
26 Apr 1728 (aged 59)
Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Warren, Bristol County, Rhode Island, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.7384173, Longitude: -71.2612355
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Born at Rehoboth, in the Plymouth Colony, 2 May 1668. Married to Mehitabel, and father of William, Sarah, Mary & John.
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John was the son of Thomas Eastabrook and Sarah Woodcock. The records state that he was a "Surgion". He married Mehitable ????? before 1697. They had 7 children, William was their first. His other children were: Charles, Sarah, Hannah, Judith, Lidia, Deborah and John.

There seem to be different spellings of Estabrook on record for the same person/family: Eastabrooks, Eastabrook, Estabrook.
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According to the "Genealogy of the Estabrook Family" by William Estabrook, John was born in 1669 of Thomas and Sarah Easterbrooks and was the husband of Mehitable (Unknown). The book is available on Google books for more information.
Born at Rehoboth, in the Plymouth Colony, 2 May 1668. Married to Mehitabel, and father of William, Sarah, Mary & John.
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John was the son of Thomas Eastabrook and Sarah Woodcock. The records state that he was a "Surgion". He married Mehitable ????? before 1697. They had 7 children, William was their first. His other children were: Charles, Sarah, Hannah, Judith, Lidia, Deborah and John.

There seem to be different spellings of Estabrook on record for the same person/family: Eastabrooks, Eastabrook, Estabrook.
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According to the "Genealogy of the Estabrook Family" by William Estabrook, John was born in 1669 of Thomas and Sarah Easterbrooks and was the husband of Mehitable (Unknown). The book is available on Google books for more information.

Inscription

"Here lieth Interred y/e Body of John Eaƒtabrook died Apr y/e 26 1728 in the y/e 60th year of his age" Inscription and photo supplied by Debi C. from the RI Genealogical Acts of Kindness web site, July 2001. [Some parts difficult to read so may be some misspellings.] A copy of a manuscript of "Ancient burials in Warren and Barrington R.I." has the entry Easterbrook. John d. Apr 26 1728 a. 60. Buried in Kickemuit Cemetery, Warren, Bristol, R.I. (NEHGR V.?, Oct. 1894, p.442)

Note: The winged face of the angel at the top of his stone is a "symbol of the soul in flight (normally to Heaven)".



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